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Battle of Kıreli
Part of the Ottoman-Aq Qoyunlu wars

The battle was fought in a place called Hüyük
Date19 August 1472
LocationKonya, Hüyük
Result

Ottoman victory

  • Aq Qoyunlu army repelled from the Ottoman territory
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire Aq Qoyunlu
Karamanids
Commanders and leaders
Prince Mustafa
Gedik Ahmed Pasha
Koca Davud Pasha		 Pir Ahmad of Karaman
Zeynel Mirza (POW)
Yusufca Mirza (POW)
Ömer Mirza (POW)
Strength
20,000–30,000 20,000
Casualties and losses
Small Almost the entire army was destroyed

Battle of Kıreli is a battle fought between the Ottoman Empire and Aq Qoyuniu with the Karamanids.

The Ottoman army was under the command of Anatolian Beylerbeyi Koca Davud Pasha and Karaman Beylerbeyi Mustafa Çelebi (son of Mehmed the Conqueror).

Battle

Aq Qoyunlu prince Yusufça Mirza came to Akşehir by trampling the Konya Plain with his army. Here, learning that Mustafa Çelebi was marching on him, he went south and met the Ottoman army in Kıreli. The Aq Qoyunlu army, which launched a sudden attack as soon as the battle started, faltered in the face of the rapid response of the Ottomans and lost its battle order.

While most of the Aq Qoyunlu army was destroyed, Yusufça Mirza and his brothers Zeynel and Ömer Mirzas were captured. Uzun Hasan saved his sons from captivity by paying their weight in gold.

References

  1. Hammer, Joshep Von. Büyük Osmanlı Tarihi Cilt 3. p. 106.
  2. Öztuna, Yılmaz (1964). Türkiye Tarihi (in Turkish). p. 51.
  3. Neşri, Neşri (1987). Kitab-ı Cihannüma.

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